geography. the coastal shelf gets shallow very quickly, which increases the amount of the storm surge putting more people at risk. very few people can survive being in the path of major storm surge and this storm will be deadly if we don t get out of harm s way and take it seriously. that is fema administrator deanne criswell speaking at the white house yesterday. desantis expected to deliver remarks, the president, excuse me, on the federal government s response to hurricane idalia as well as the wildfires in maui later today. let s bring in the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. so, obviously, jonathan, the federal government and state of florida know how to do this, unfortunately they do it all too often including last year with ian which hit the southwest coast of florida. an interesting dynamic and another layer this year is that ron desantis, of course, is running against potentially joe biden to become the next president of the united states.
storms typically move that much over land will weaken. we re still expecting a tropical storm but see what unfolds. we have time to watch that play out over the next few days. our focus is on what s going to transpire in the next 48 hours. director of the national hurricane center in miami, dr. michael brennan, we know how busy you are today. we appreciate you stopping to take time with us. thank you. thanks so much. still ahead on a busy morning we will continue our live reporting from across the state of florida as it braces for hurricane idalia set to make landfill within the next couple of hours. we ll be joined by fema administer deanne criswell and awaiting an update from florida governor ron desantis just within the next few minutes and will take that live to get you the latest and speak with the mayors of tallahassee, tampa and st. petersburg about the expected impacts from this massive storm. you re watching morning joe. we ll be right back.